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...jail himself. The gangland-style assassination - Djindjic was gunned down by sniper fire in broad daylight - recalled both the reign of terror that seized Serbia in the final years of Milosevic's rule and the chaos and dread that many Serbs had hoped was behind them. Known for his wit, energy and commitment to pro-Western reforms, Djindjic was on a campaign to stamp out organized crime within the state security forces and society as a whole - and it may have cost him his life. According to one senior government official, he was set to sign the warrant for Lukovic...
...threat posed by the intersection of rogue regimes, terrorists and deadly technology. He knows that a campaign to depose Saddam would not be an isolated war; rather, it would be another front in the larger war to eradicate Islamic terrorism and its state sponsors. Delivered with his customary biting wit and hilarious pop-culture analogies, Miller’s recent remarks have been a breath of fresh air amidst a whirling storm of left-wing celebrity propaganda theories...
That was three years ago. Today ChicWIT, which costs nothing to join, has more than 4,000 members. About 10% are men. Its popularity led to the creation, under Ryan's guidance, of WIT lists in 52 other communities in 19 countries, including India, Ireland, Poland and Taiwan. With 20,000 participants worldwide, Ryan says, what is now called WorldWIT worldwit.org ranks as the world's largest moderated--and spam-free, thanks to human filtering--e-mail discussion group...
...line from “Downtown” reads, “They applaud his wit...
This sharp wit is never out of reach for Colson Whitehead; it was apparent in his lecture as he followed up a forceful reading of Public Enemy’s “I Can’t Do Nothin’ For You Man” by deconstructing it to the delight of the well-read audience...